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DONALD RAY BUCKLES
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 16, 1949 – January 28, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Buckles, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 56
- TIMOTHY JAMES MCKIERNANWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1968
- KEILA PAOPAOPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT STEPHEN PLUNKETTCorporal · January 28, 1968
- ROGER DELL QUILLENPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.